On This Day March 20
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Click each item below to learn more! 1945 – Actor Barry Bostwick (“The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Spin City,” “Scandal”) 1950 – Blues-rock singer-songwriter George Thorogood (“Bad to the Bone,” “I Drink Alone”) 1955 – Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs (d. 2011) 1965 – Actress Kristin Davis (“Melrose Place,” “Sex and the City”) 1966 – Actor Billy Zane (“Dead Calm,” “The Phantom,” “Titanic,” “Tombstone”) 1977 – Five-division world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Celebrity Birthdays
Click each item below to learn more! 1818 – Former slave-turned-civil rights activist Frederick Douglass (d. 1895) 1894 – Legendary comedian Jack Benny, born Benjamin Kubelsky (d. 1974) 1921 – Retired Emmy-winning TV anchor-host Hugh Downs (“Today” show, “20/20”) 1942 – Businessman and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg 1960 – Golden Globe-winning actress Meg Tilly (“The Big Chill,” “Agnes of God”) 1972 – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas
Celebrity Birthdays
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History Highlights
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Musical Milestones
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History Highlights
Click each item below to learn more! 1940 – Legendary singer-songwriter and Beatles founder John Lennon (d.1980) 1948 – Singer-songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jackson Browne 1952 – TV host Sharon Osbourne (“The Osbournes,” “The X Factor,” “America’s Got Talent,” “The Talk”) 1954 – Golden Globe-winning actor Scott Bakula (“Quantum Leap,” “Star Trek: Enterprise”) 1964 – Director-producer Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Blade II,” “Hellboy”) 1975 – Singer-songwriter Sean Lennon, son of legendary musician John Lennon
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History Highlights
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